diff --git a/changelog/fragments/helm-uninstall-fix.yaml b/changelog/fragments/helm-uninstall-fix.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e8b6ce8851
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/fragments/helm-uninstall-fix.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+entries:
+  - description: Fixed a bug that caused the Helm operator to remove the finalizer without doing a helm uninstall.
+    kind: "bugfix"
+    breaking: false
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/internal/helm/release/manager.go b/internal/helm/release/manager.go
index d72c2a0c0c..c2968e4ddf 100644
--- a/internal/helm/release/manager.go
+++ b/internal/helm/release/manager.go
@@ -351,18 +351,6 @@ func createJSONMergePatch(existingJSON, expectedJSON []byte) ([]byte, error) {
 
 // UninstallRelease performs a Helm release uninstall.
 func (m manager) UninstallRelease(ctx context.Context, opts ...UninstallOption) (*rpb.Release, error) {
-	// Get history of this release
-	h, err := m.storageBackend.History(m.releaseName)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to get release history: %w", err)
-	}
-
-	// If there is no history, the release has already been uninstalled,
-	// so return ErrReleaseNotFound.
-	if len(h) == 0 {
-		return nil, driver.ErrReleaseNotFound
-	}
-
 	uninstall := action.NewUninstall(m.actionConfig)
 	for _, o := range opts {
 		if err := o(uninstall); err != nil {